All things being equal i was treated pretty well. Did the pre-order for the note 7, had to turn that one in (kept all the extras, pen, charger etc...) , they sent me a new one. Then the second recall happened and my carrier refunded my payments and stopped charging me for the note 7 i had. I kept that note 7 until the end of January and finally sent it back to Samsung (once again kept the pen, charger etc...) and they sent me a check for the full price of the phone plus some additional money for the two cases i had bought.
At that point i just used an old iPhone 5s with a slightly broken screen ($100 off of facebook yard sale) and waited for the S8+. I now have the S8+ and i might keep it or sell it and jump back to the Note line.